Happy Thanksgiving!! We all have so much to be thankful for. At the beginning of November we decided when we do our nightly devotion with the kids that we would all name something we were thankful for and we have written it down each day. We plan to read over them all today around the table and remember again just how blessed we are. Our lists were very different between the kids and us but the kids even caught on after a couple of days and started looking deeper than just family and friends. We have everything from our church, our pastor, friends, family, heat in the winter, a/c in the summer, shoes, a bed, food, salvation, the Bible, families that raised us in church, spouses, the opportunity to adopt, God, children, health, xbox, electricity, our home, job schedule, good renters, dishwasher, different seasons, clean sheets, Friday paychecks, well you get the point... but I could go on and on! It really made us think each day and try to come up with something different than what someone else had mentioned. The boys both mentioned the adoption and the baby several times. They can't hardly wait for all of this to really happen.
I have to say that both of my boys have such sweet hearts. They have been saying for the last few days that they wanted to give some money towards the adoption. We both told them that they didn't need to give their money for that. They have both been saving for certain things and I like for them to know the value of money by saving and then actually seeing how it's spent ( and how fast it goes:) Well a couple of days ago, Jaxon asked me if I had an empty jar anywhere. I told him yes and where it was. The next thing I know, this is what I see in my living room.
Camden made the sign on the left ( I love it) and Jaxon on the right. They emptied their piggy banks and gave some of their cash. We counted and it was $29.55. They were so excited. I told them again that they didn't have to do that and they both said "We WANT to do it mama, this is our baby too" They absolutely melt my heart! I love that they thought this out and knew this is what they wanted to do. Now they want all of our spare change will go in there so that's what we will be doing. Great idea kids!
I know it's a long waiting process for them. It is for us too but we are all waiting patiently and maybe it will happen sooner than we think. Camden is so excited that when we finally get to take the baby home from the hospital, we will get to stay in a hotel with it. HAHA!! I'm not sure why that's so exciting to him but he talks about it all the time! We will have to stay in the state of South Carolina (that's the state we are going through) for 7-14 days until the ICPC is complete. The Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children is something that controls the movement of a child from one state to another. Both GA and SC will have to approve the child's movement in writing before you can take the child across state lines. From what I understand, it can sometimes be closer to the 14 days. Yikes!!!
After that though, we will be able to bring our sweet baby HOME!!
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